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19732264545The Limited Editions Club 1973. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Raymond Charles. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition #920 of 2000 copies. Signed by illustrator on limitation page. Includes publisher's slipcase. A few tiny scuffs to slipcase. 1973 Hard Cover. xiii 1 375 3 pp. A selection of short stories by the author of The Jungle Book who was also known for his poetry with an introduction by editor Bernard Bergonzi. Includes: Lispeth; The Bronckhorst Divorce-Case; The Madness of Private Ortheris; The Phantom 'Rickshaw; Baa Baa Black Sheep; On Greenhow Hill; The Man Who Was; Without Benefit of Clergy; The City of Dreadful Night; At the End of the Passage; The Finest Story in the World; Love-o'-Women; The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot; The Bridge-Builders; The Ship That Found Herself; Wireless; They; Mrs. Bathhurst; Mary Postgate; The Wish House; The Gardener; The Eye of Allah; Dayspring Mishandled. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1914121494London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1914. First edition of this collection of wartime verse with contributions by Shakespeare William Wordsworth Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. Small octavo original wrappers. In good condition. Remember Louvain! contains contributions by William Wordsworth Alfred Noyes Walter Scott Walt Whitman James Thomson Andrew Lang Arthur Conan Doyle Rudyard Kipling and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow among many others. Methuen & Co. Ltd unknown books
1959WRCLIT83693Toronto: Dalhousie University Press and University of Toronto Press 1959. xv36731pp. Large thick octavo. Gilt red cloth. Portrait and plates. Spine gilding very slightly oxidized otherwise near fine without dust jacket. First edition trade issue. Until the publication of David Richards' bibliography this was for a generation or two the most inclusive bibliography of A & B items. Dalhousie University Press and University of Toronto Press hardcover books
1959WRCLIT82851Toronto: Dalhousie University Press and University of Toronto Press 1959. xv36731pp. Large thick octavo. Gilt red cloth. Portrait and plates. Near fine without dust jacket. First edition trade issue. Until the publication of David Richards' bibliography this was for a generation or two the most inclusive bibliography of A & B items. Dalhousie University Press and University of Toronto Press hardcover books
1936WRCLIT83016Brattleboro VT: Stephen Daye Press 1936. 39pp. Gilt cloth. Photograph and facsimile. Endsheets and edges slightly dusty otherwise very good and bright without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed "With best wishes from the author's father. Christmas 1936." RICHARDS B124. Stephen Daye Press hardcover books
1937WRCLIT41665New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector else about fine. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1937WRCLIT41721New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Upper wrapper a bit tanned and lightly creased very good. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1937WRCLIT41720New Haven: Yale Library Associates 1937. Wrappers printed label. Facsimile. First edition. Unfortunate adhesive booklabel of a noted Kipling collector wrappers a bit smudged paper label soiled just a good copy. STEWART 226. Yale Library Associates unknown books
1923WRCLIT83694London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt plum cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty-one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 numbered copies for sale. Trace of tanning but a very good copy with shards of the dust jacket laid in. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1923WRCLIT63649London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. Gilt cloth. Frontispiece caricature fifty- one plates. The much enlarged second edition limited to 700 copies. Sewing strained between pp. 112-113 shelf wear at toe of spine else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
1938WRCLIT83690Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1938. xiv2333pp. Gilt cloth. A near fine unopened copy without dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the compiler on the title-page and inscribed by her on the half- title. The inscription is to a great extent illegible a testament to Livingston's deteriorating eyesight. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1927WRCLIT83689New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Plates. Facsimiles. Half cloth and marbled boards edges rough-trimmed. Fore-tips bumped some edgewear and a bit of darkening to spine otherwise very good. First edition. One of fifty-five copies specially printed on large paper under the direction of Bruce Rogers at the Harvard University Press signed by the compiler. Uncommon in this format. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT83695New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very good or better. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT82849New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very slight rubbing else near fine. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT32617New York: Edgar H. Wells and Co. 1927. 523pp. Cloth t.e.g. Plates. Facsimiles. First trade edition. Very slight rubbing else very good. Edgar H. Wells and Co. hardcover books
1968WRCLIT63633New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Thick octavo. Cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1927 first edition. Slight rubbing else very good with dust jacket as issued. A reprint of the 1938 supplement was published separately. Burt Franklin hardcover books
1968WRCLIT63645New York: Burt Franklin 1968. Small octavo. Cloth. Reprint of 1938 edition. Near fine lacking dust jacket. Burt Franklin hardcover books
1930WRCLIT83696New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Two volumes. Large octavos. Linen and gilt boards paper spine labels t.e.g. others untrimmed. Plates facsimiles. Hint of tanning at edges otherwise fine the first in chipped glassine in trifle discolored slipcases with repaired cracks. First editions. Each is one of 325 numbered copies printed on Fabriano paper at the Plimpton Press. RICHARDS B87 & B/43. STEWART 580. ASAF 93 & 94. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1930WRCLIT83809New York: The Grolier Club 1930. Large octavo. Linen and gilt boards paper spine label t.e.g. Portrait. First edition. One of 325 copies printed at the Plimpton Press. Bookplate spine and boards a bit darkened at edges and slightly soiled one lower corner slightly bruised else very good. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1945WRCLIT41587New York: Harper & Bros. 1945. Cloth. Portrait. First U.S. edition. Small bookplate and library release stamp else very good in faintly edgeworn dust jacket with small snag in rear panel. Harper & Bros. hardcover books
1978WRCLIT56444New York: Random House 1978. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition. Separate signature of photos laid in. Title label across lower edge else near fine. Random House unknown books
193245476Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. 1st Edition. Pictorial paper wrapped boards black cloth for back strip red and black lettering unopened at head of leaves. Still wrapped in publishers onion skin. A NF copy minor rubbing at corners of boards slight age toning to end papers and leaves internally clean and bright. 2 blank ii 17 3 blank pp. Seven black and white full page illustrations. 8-6/8" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover books
19093767London: Hodder & Stoughton 1909. First trade edition. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. Large quarto 10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm. 64 leaves. Thirty color plates including frontispiece mounted on leaves with color border decorations. Descriptive tissue guards each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fifty-nine black and white line illustrations in the text half-page or smaller. Title printed in red and black. An excellent copy of the first trade edition.<br/><br/>"This poem originally appeared in The English Illustrated Magazine May 1893 prior to its inclusion in The Seven Seas 1896" Martindell. It is classic Kipling beautifully illustrated by Robinson.<br/><br/>Beare 61b. Lewis 215. Livingston 321. Martindell 133 giving the date of publication as 1913. Stewart 151. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1907122083New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. First edition of Kipling's collected verse inscribed by him to President Theodore Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Association copy signed and inscribed by Rudyard Kipling with a line from The Feet of the Young Men to Kermit Roosevelt on the title page "Rudyard Kipling Bolemons: August 4. 1912: "now the young men go to dance before the Trues." RK." With Roosevelts ownership inscription to the title page "Kermit Roosevelt March 23 1909" and his daughter Belle Kermit Roosevelt's bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and writer Kermit Roosevelt was a graduate of Harvard College served in both World Wars in World War I with both the British and American armies and explored two continents with his father Theodore Roosevelt. One of Roosevelt's most popular books Through the Brazilian Wilderness recounted their father and son expedition to the Brazilian Jungle which would become known as the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition. In 1909 the year of Kermit's ownership inscription in the present volume he and his father undertook a year-long expedition in Africa funded by the Smithsonian Institution. After this trip and a swing through Europe Kermit returned to Harvard and completed four years of study in two and a half years graduating with the Class of 1912 the year of Kipling's inscription. In very good condition. A unique association. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
1982124503New York: The Viking Press 1982. Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling. Octavo original wrappers with the publisher's date and price inscribed on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare. English journalist short-story writer poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling's major works include The Jungle Book 1894 Kim 1901 and many short stories and poems. Kipling was born in India which inspired much of his work and his innovative stories for children have become timeless classics. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the British Empire in both prose and verse in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907. The Viking Press unknown books
